Seoul National University Asia Center

Seoul National University Asia Center is an international research and exchange institute based in Seoul, South Korea.  The SNUAC was officially launched in February 2009 in the context of the Asian era that requires a better understanding of the different Asian countries and the production of new knowledge about them. In 2016, SNUAC has three regional research centres, seven thematic research programs and a social science data archive. The regional research centres focus on three regions in Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia. Thematic research programmes include China-US relations, democracy and economic development, popular culture, civil society and NGOs.